How was neanderthal man's skull discovered
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The skull was found in 1848 in a quarry in Gibraltar. Its significance wasn't recognised at first. But eight years later amateur naturalist Johann Fuhlrott identified a similar skull and additional remains in the Neander Valley in Germany. In 1864, it was named as a new species of human, Homo neanderthalensis.
The sensation this caused meant the first skull was revisited, and it too was found to be a Neanderthal fossil.
The sensation this caused meant the first skull was revisited, and it too was found to be a Neanderthal fossil.
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